Josh Giddey vs. Karl-Anthony Towns Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Karl-Anthony Towns and Josh Giddey, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Who had the better rookie season? Who had best stats in their 10th season? Who won a championship first? These questions and many others, are answered here.

Josh Giddey played 4 years in the NBA, 6 less than Karl-Anthony Towns, who played 10. Josh Giddey had the first of his seasons in 2021-22, while Karl-Anthony Towns had his rookie season in 2015-16. With that starting point, here you can take a look at each of their seasons side by side and compare how their careers evolved in achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Rookie Season
	Josh Giddey	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2021-22	2015-16
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Josh Giddey	54	31.5	12.5	1.8	6.0	7.8	6.4	0.9	0.4	3.2	1.6	5.2	12.4	.419	1.0	3.9	.263	1.0	1.5	.709
difference:	+28	+0.5	+5.8	+1.0	+1.7	+2.7	+4.4	+0.2	+1.3	-1.0	-1.4	+2.4	+1.7	+.123	+0.6	+2.8	+.078	+1.7	+1.9	+.102
Karl-Anthony Towns	82	32.0	18.3	2.8	7.7	10.5	2.0	0.7	1.7	2.2	3.0	7.6	14.1	.542	0.4	1.1	.341	2.7	3.4	.811
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Josh Giddey nor Karl-Anthony Towns played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Josh Giddey	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2023-24	2017-18
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Semis	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Josh Giddey	80	25.1	12.3	1.4	5.0	6.4	4.8	0.7	0.6	2.1	1.4	5.0	10.6	.475	1.0	3.0	.337	1.3	1.6	.806
difference:	+2	+10.5	+9.0	+1.5	+4.4	+5.9	+2.4	+0.1	+0.8	-0.2	-2.1	+2.8	+3.7	+.070	+0.5	+0.5	+.084	+2.9	+3.3	+.052
Karl-Anthony Towns	82	35.6	21.3	2.9	9.4	12.3	2.4	0.8	1.4	1.9	3.5	7.8	14.3	.545	1.5	3.5	.421	4.2	4.9	.858
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Josh Giddey	10	18.1	8.7	0.7	2.9	3.6	2.1	0.2	0.4	1.2	0.9	3.4	7.5	.453	1.2	3.4	.353	0.7	0.8	.875
difference:	+5	+15.9	+6.5	+2.3	+7.5	+9.8	+0.1	+0.2	+0.6	-1.2	-1.9	+2.2	+4.5	+.014	+0.6	+1.2	+.080	+2.7	+3.8	+.136
Karl-Anthony Towns	5	34.0	15.2	3.0	10.4	13.4	2.2	0.4	1.0	2.4	2.8	5.6	12.0	.467	0.6	2.2	.273	3.4	4.6	.739

Season 4
	Josh Giddey	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2024-25	2018-19
Team	Chicago Bulls	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Josh Giddey	70	30.2	14.6	1.8	6.3	8.1	7.2	1.2	0.6	2.9	1.7	5.3	11.4	.465	1.5	4.0	.378	2.5	3.2	.781
difference:	+7	+2.9	+9.8	+1.6	+2.7	+4.3	+3.8	+0.3	+1.0	-0.2	-2.1	+3.5	+5.7	+.053	+0.3	+0.6	+.022	+2.4	+2.6	+.055
Karl-Anthony Towns	77	33.1	24.4	3.4	9.0	12.4	3.4	0.9	1.6	3.1	3.8	8.8	17.1	.518	1.8	4.6	.400	4.9	5.8	.836
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Josh Giddey nor Karl-Anthony Towns played in the postseason in their season 4

Additional Years
* Karl-Anthony Towns played 6 seasons more than Josh Giddey in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 5 to 10, from 2020 to 2025—Karl-Anthony Towns played in 4 Playoffs. In those 6 extra years over Josh Giddey, Karl-Anthony Towns got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-NBA Third Team 3 All-Star Game